4. K Srinath Reddy, a Padma Bhushan awardee was appointed as
the adviser to which state government?

1) Karnataka

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Kerala

4) Odisha

5) Pondicherry

5. With which of the following nation did India in the first
week of March, 2017 sign a Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation
Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between the two countries?

1) Portugal

2) South Korea

3) Indonesia

4) South Africa

5) Belgium

6. Name the first bank to launch the biometric-based payment
system through its system.

1) ICICI Bank

2) IDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) IDBI Bank

5) State Bank of India

7. Which of the following state recently launched the Tirtha
Darshan scheme for senior citizens?

1) Uttarakhand

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Punjab

4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Haryana

8. Who among the following Indian actress won Best Actress
Award at the International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA)?

1) Priyanka Chopra

2) Kangana Ranaut

3) Radhika Apte

4) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

5) Alia Bhatt

9. What was the theme of International Women’s Day 2017?

1) Investing in Women and Girls

2) Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030

3) Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality

4) Equality for Women is Progress for All

5) Empower Rural Women, End Poverty and Hunger

10. Who among the following won the men’s singles titles at
the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017?

1) Andy Murray

2) Novak Djokovic

3) Roger Federer

4) Rafael Nadal

5) Jo Wilfred Tsonga

11. Thomas E Starzl, who recently passed away was
____________.

1) A surgeon

2) A physicist

3) An Economist

4) A Politician

5) None of the above

12. Pradeep Nair named Regional Director of Ford Foundation
for India and ____________.

1) Sri Lanka

2) Bangladesh

3) Nepal

4) Both 1 and 2

5) Both 1 and 3

13. Which of the following nation overtook eurozone as
world’s biggest bank system?

1) Japan

2) China

3) United States of America

4) Australia

5) Singapore

14. How much amount of loan facility did State Bank of India
recently sign with the German KfW Development Bank to support lending for
affordable housing in India?

1) $274 million USD

2) $275 million USD

3) $270 million USD

4) $300 million USD

5) $475 million USD

15. With which of the following company(s) did Tata Motors
recently tie up for joint development of products?

1) Volkswagen Group

2) Skoda

3) Ford

4) Both 1 and 2

5) Both 1 and 3

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3) The world’s oldest aircraft
carrier in active service, INS Viraat was decommissioned on 6 March 2017. INS
Viraat is the longest serving aircraft carrier in the Indian naval fleet. It
was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 12 May 1987.

4) Justice (retd) Arijit
Pashayat, the Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Special
Investigating Team (SIT) on black money, on 2 March 2017 said so far the amount
of unearthed black money from across the country stands to Rs 70 thousand
crore.

1) The Reserve Bank of India has
sharply brought down the threshold above which non-banking finance companies
(NBFCs) can disburse loans against gold only by cheque. The central bank said
with immediate effect such loans amounting to Rs. 20,000 and above can be
disbursed only by cheque as against the earlier threshold of Rs. 1 lakh and
above. This move is in line with the rules issued under the Income Tax Act.

4) K Srinath Reddy, a Padma
Bhushan awardee was appointed as the adviser to the Odisha government on 6
March 2017.

5) India and Belgium on 8 March,
2017 signed a Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance
Agreement (DTAA) between the two countries.

2) IDFC Bank has become the first
bank to launch the biometric-based payment system Aadhaar Pay through its
network.

5) The Chief Minister of Haryana
Manohar Lal Khattar on 6 March 2017 announced the Tirtha Darshan Scheme. Under
the scheme, senior citizens above 60 years of age in the State will be able to
go on a pilgrimage within India at the expense of the government.

4) Bollywood actress Aishwarya
Rai Bachchan in the first week of March 2017 won Best Actress Award at the International
Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA). Aishwarya grabbed the award for
her role in 2016 film ‘Sarbjit’.

2) The 2017 International Women’s
Day ((IWD)) was observed across the world on 8 March 2017. The year’s theme for
the Day is Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030.

1) Andy Murray of the United
Kingdom on 4 March 2017 won the men’s singles titles at the Dubai Duty Free
Tennis Championships 2017. To win the title, he defeated Fernando Verdaso of
Spanish 6-3 6-2 at the summit clash held in Dubai, the United Aran Emirates
(UAE).

1) Dr Thomas E Starzl, a surgeon
who performed the first successful liver transplant on a human patient, passed
away on 4 March 2017 in Pittsburgh.

5) Pradeep Nair on 8 March 2017
was named the Ford Foundation Regional Director for its office serving India,
Nepal and Sri Lanka.

2) A new analysis by the
Financial Times shows that the banking system of China has overtaken the
eurozone to become the world’s biggest by assets. The analysis indicates
China’s increasing global influence and its reliance on growth driven by debt.

1) State Bank of India and the
German KfW Development Bank have concluded a $274 million (approximately Rs.
1,800 crore) 15-year promotions loan facility to support lending for affordable
housing in India.

4) Tata Motors has entered into a
long-term partnership agreement with Volkswagen Group and Skoda for joint
development of products with the first rollout expected in 2019.